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Balantak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
Verb
kaan (actor voice mangkaan)
- (transitive) to eat
Derived terms
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From German Kahn.
Noun
kaan ? (plural , diminutive )
- (dated) a small boat used on inland waters
Etymology 2
Verb
kaan
- inflection of kanen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
Unknown. Cognates are found in several Estonian varieties, with the exception of Võro.
Noun
kaan (genitive kaani, partitive kaani)
- leech
Declension
Further reading
- “kaan”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- kaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Isthmus Mixe
Noun
kaan
- salt
References
- Dieterman, Julia, McCarty, James Michael, Jr., Castañón López, Victoriano, Castañón Eugenio, María Dolores (2018) Breve diccionario del mixe del Istmo: Mogoñé Viejo, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 52) (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27
Middle French
Etymology
Old French , borrowed from Classical Persian خان (xān). See it and English khan for more details.
Noun
kaan m (plural kaans)
- khan (ruler or sovereign)
Descendants
References
Saluan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
Verb
kaan
- to eat
Shabo
Noun
kaan
- dog
See also
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹).
Pronunciation
Noun
kaan (definite accusative kaanı, plural kaanlar)
- Superseded spelling of kağan.
- ruler, sovereign
Declension
Woiwurrung
Noun
kaan
- snake [1]
References
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaan (plural kaanoʼob)
- snake
- worm
Derived terms
References
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Culebra. Can.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60